Awards for All funding boost for the borough

The small grants programme awarded over 29,000 to the local groups as part of a grants roll-out of 628,025 to 76 groups across Northern Ireland.

Carnalridge Primary School in Portrush will use its grant of 10,000 to develop an outdoor play area to improve the social skills, confidence and health of its pupils.

Garvagh District Cultural Society, which runs social and cultural activities for local people, will receive 9,985 to run a community festival.

Coleraine Youth Council will use a grant of 10,000 to run a cross-community activity programme.

Awards for All offers community, voluntary and statutory groups the chance to apply for small grants of between 500 and 10,000 that will have a big impact on local communities and the lives of people most in need.

Frank Hewitt, Big Lottery Fund NI Chair, said: “The Big Lottery Fund’s NI Awards for All programme funds projects that help people bring about positive change in their lives, improve health and well-being, develop skills and create safer communities.

He continued: “Groups across Northern Ireland can now apply for more funding from the programme. You can now apply for lottery cash of up to 20,000 in a 12-month period to organise projects, but a group can only hold one award of up to 10,000 for a project at any one time, and the organisation must have spent the grant before applying for more funding.

Application forms and guidance notes are available to download at www.awardsforall.org.uk.

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